II Kings 13 Jehoahaz and Joash, Kings of Israel

 II Kings 13

Jehoahaz and Joash, Kings of Israel

1 In the twenty-third year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned seventeen years.

2 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, for he followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin; he did not depart from them.

3 Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Aram and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael all those days.

4 But Jehoahaz pleaded before the Lord, and the Lord heard him, for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Aram oppressed them.

5 And the LORD gave Israel a savior, and they came out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as before. 

6 (However, they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, which he made Israel to sin; but walked in them: and the grove also remained in Samaria.) 

7 For he left no people to Jehoahaz, save fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen: for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had ground them to powder.

 8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 

9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. And Joash his son reigned in his stead. 

10 In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah, Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned sixteen years.

11 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, but walked in them.

12 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash, and all that he did, and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

13 And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and Jeroboam sat on his throne: and Jehoash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.